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Tunnel building in Riyadh in temperatures reaching 50+ degrees ‘They say that anywhere in the world there’s a tunnel being built you will find a Donegal man’ Owenie McBride from Gaoth Dobhair in the Donegal Gaeltacht is working as a construction manager on the Riyadh Metro...

Qatar, facing a boycott by a Saudi-led alliance, approved a draft law that will grant permanent residency cards to some foreigners, an unprecedented action among Gulf Arab monarchies that have for decades relied on expatriate labor to run their economies. Under the law, those...

The pace of growth in the construction sector in Dublin is at its strongest in 16 years. The capital’s private sector is showing no signs of a let-up in its strong performance with output growth accelerating from the first three months of the year, according to the latest...

The recently released draft of the revised SCL Protocol (Draft) has many new features that should assist with resolving disputes involving delay or disruption. The SCL Protocol (‘the Protocol’) provides guidance for the management and determination of delay and disruption....

Ireland needs its expat construction workers back. But how can we entice them home? The boom is getting “even more boomer”. Well, according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) at least, which says 112,000 workers will be required to deliver €17.8 billion worth of...

Ever since oil was discovered in the Arabian desert in 1938, Saudi Arabia has been the world’s premier petro-state and the dominant force within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Flush with oil revenue, the country has had neither income taxes nor corporate...

Dubai and KSA are leading the way to better days ahead for the Middle East construction industry. The construction industry took a hard hit in 2015 and 2016. We’ve seen over 0.33 million workers in the construction industry laid off in KSA alone, with further employment cuts...

With their potential to reconfigure trade corridors and dramatically improve metropolitan public transport, it’s no surprise that major railway and metro projects represent a growing priority for Gulf states, in concert with plans to drive economic development and...